DELES is the acronym for Development, Education and Leadership Services and it is a Program meant for the integral human development through a thorough and continuous process of development, education, leadership training and formation.

THE DELES’ integral Human Development Education Programme is about transformation of self and society. The core of DELES activities are training programmes designed for total integral human development through continuous process of development, education, leadership training and information. They are meant for empowerment, so as to have; men and women; fully alive to the glory of God.

THE GOAL

The Goal of the DELES training programme include but is not limited to the following:

Training People to:Be self reliant: This enables and motivates them through self discovery. Thus, they are enabled to see things in the right perspective so that necessary amendments to their different situations can be made.To take firm commitment originating from personal conviction and free choice. Be responsible for shaping their lives, families, communities, and environments based on personal/group initiatives, creativities and making appropriate use of the available resources so that the world can be transformed into a happier home for everyone to live in.

The Structure of DELES Programme

DELES training Programme is known as “the phased training Programme” The phases consists of a four-week programme spread over two years in four phases (each phase lasts for one week) with a six-month interval for practical operational experiences during which the skills and knowledge acquired are expected to be put into use . The projects embarked upon must have a direct impact on the people and the community as a whole. Each phase is a six to seven-day intensive and experiential work-shop. Each phase has a specific focus and a set of objectives to be achieved, yet there is a flow and an over-lapping of ideas in the inter-disciplinary nature of the approach used. Even though each phase has its own focus, the next phase builds on the former phase’s experience because the training programme is rooted in the principle of action-reflection –action reflection cycle which tries to meet the expectations of all the participants.

PAX HERBAL SHOP

Attached to DELES RESOURCE CENTRE is the herbal shop where different categories of people come for consultation, counseling and treatment. In the herbal shop, efforts are made to alleviate diseases and preserve health using herbs. The therapeutic agents used are from nature. The use of natural resources as therapeutic agents has assisted in the diagnoses and treatment of physical and mental health. It has also helped in the prevention of diseases through counseling.

This herbal shop is an annex of the Pax Herbal Clinic and Research Laboratories founded and managed by the Benedictine Monks at Ewu - Esan, Edo State , Nigeria

Founded in 1876 by Fr. Augustine Planque SMA, the mission of the O.L.A. Sisters is to continue the work of evangelization which the Apostles received from the Lord. With the zeal for mission, O.L.A. Sisters arrived Nigeria in the year 1878 thus, becoming the first group of women Religious in Nigeria.Read More